Devolution and Governance Reforms in Pakistan

Dec. 2, 2003 12-2 PM

South Asia Partnership Canada
is pleased to invite you to a lunch time seminar and discussion on:

DEVOLUTION AND GOVERNANCE REFORMS IN PAKISTAN

with Mr. Shehryar Sarwar, Director of Participation Initiatives

Date: Tuesday December 2nd, 2003
Where: 1 Nicholas St., Suite 1200, Ottawa
Time: 12:00 � 2:00

Over the past two years, the government of Pakistan has made some remarkable and far-reaching changes in the system of district administration and municipal government in the country. These reforms have created several new institutions and have altered the nature of governance and the relations between state and civil society in all four provinces. It is claimed that the transformed system allows citizens more voice and better access to essential services at the local level.

A research study (the Devolved Services Delivery study) has recently been carried out by four international and bilateral donors* funding development and governance reforms in Pakistan. This study examines the changes in incentives, accountability and service delivery in several key districts in all four provinces. Some of the questions it asks is whether there are sufficient incentives for local governments to improve the quality and state of local services, whether the rules formulated in the devolution legislation (the Local Government Ordinances of 2001) are understood and followed by local administrators, as well as the impact on civil society of the changes that have resulted.

Shehryar Sarwar, the Team Leader of this recently concluded study will be presenting some of the key findings and recommendations that arise from the field research.Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download

* The Asia Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, the Department for International Development, UK (DfID) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

For more information and RSVP please contact:

Isabelle Valois
Pakistan Program Manager/Charg�e de programme pour le Pakistan
South Asia Partnership Canada
Soci�t� asiatique des partenaires Canada
1, rue Nicholas Street, # 200
Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7
Tel.: (613) 241-1333 x 227
Fax/Telec.: (613) 241-1129
Email: ivalois@sapcanada.org
Web: www.sapcanada.org/pakistan.html